# Accident 20130123000599A: Cessna 172S, Peoria, IL, January 23, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2013, 20:50 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: General Downing - Peoria International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GV8S
- Location: 40.6642° N, 89.6933° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6642&lon=-89.6933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5113J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 493 total, 155 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130123000599A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UPON ROTATION, THE AIRCRAFT REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET THEN ABRUPTLY DECENDED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.

THE ELEVATOR TRIM WAS FOUND TO BE IN THE FULL NOSE DOWN POSITION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA142), Jan 24, 2013: Cessna 172S (N5113J), Peoria, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent activation of the electric trim to the nose-down position, which resulted in the airplane being improperly configured for takeoff, and the flight instructor’s incorrect…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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